file2brl (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
file2brl – Translate an xml or a text file into an embosser-ready braille file
SYNOPSIS
file2brl [,OPTION/] [,inputFile/] [,outputFile/]
DESCRIPTION
Translate an xml, html or a text file into an embosser-ready braille file. This includes translation into grade two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.
If inputFile is not specified or ‘-‘ input is taken from stdin. If outputFile is not specified the output is sent to stdout.
-h,–help- display this help and exit
-v,–version- display version information and exit
-f,–config-file- name a configuration file that specifies how to do the translation
-b,–backward- backward translation
-r,–reformat- reformat a braille file
-T,–text- Treat as text even if xml
-t,–html- html document, not xhtml
-p,–poorly-formatted- translate a poorly formatted file
-P,–paragraph-line- treat each block of text ending in a newline as a paragraph. If there are two newline characters a blank line will be inserted before the next paragraph
-C,–config-setting- specify particular configuration settings They override any settings that are specified in a config file
-w–writeable-path- path for temp files and log file
-l,–log-file- write errors to file2brl.log instead of stderr
AUTHOR
Written by John J. Boyer.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <liblouis-liblouisxml [at] freelists.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for file2brl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and file2brl programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info liblouisutdml
should give you access to the complete manual.